·India will launch its first manned space mission
by 2022, Prime Minister NarendraModiwhich could make it the fourth nation to do
so after the United States, Russia and China.

About news:

·An Indian astronaut, be it a man or a woman,
will go on a space odyssey by 2022 on board 'Gaganyaan', Prime Minister
NarendraModi said in his Independence Day address from the Red Fort in Delhi.

·PM Modi said when India celebrates 75th year of
Independence in 2022, "and if possible even before, an Indian son or
daughter" will be part of a manned space mission on board 'Gaganyaan'
"carrying the national flag".

Facts:

·The proposed human spaceflight programme (HSP)
has been on table since 2004.

·ISRO is still long way away, despite
advancements in some critical technologies required to send astronaut being
into space.

·The mission will be completed at budget of Rs
10,000 crore and some of technology components required for it already have
been developed.

·This includes heavy-lift launch vehicle (GLSV
Mark-III), re-entry and recovery technology, crew module, Environmental Control
and Life Support System (ECLSS) and astronaut training..

·The required key technologies ISRO still has to
develop for such mission

·It includes ability to launch, recover and
ensure earth-like conditions for astronauts

·ISRO so far has successfully tested many of the
technologies required for such a manned mission, but there are still others to
be developed and tested.

·Successfully tested technologies are In December
2014, experimental flight of GSLV Mk-III was successfully tested.